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G. H. LAXTON.

SOAP DISH.

No. 849,890. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES ATENT UFEICE.

GEORGE HENRY LAXTON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEIV JERSEY.

SOAP-DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,890, dated September 28, 1886.

Serial No. 181,759. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

B it known that I, GEORGE HENRY LAXTON, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Soap-Dish, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of a soap-dish so formed and arranged that it can be hung up on one or more pegs, be placed and held upon the edge of a wash-tub, or it may stand upon a level surface.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the dish, as hereinafter fully de scribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspeclive view of the soapdish; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 00 00 of Fig. 2.

The soap-dish illustrated in the drawings consists of an inclined bottom, A, corrugated, as shown at a a, and provided with a number of apertures, b b, formed in the lower series of corrugations. From the bottom A the front B and ends 0 C of the dish flare outward, as shown, the front B being formed with ribs 0 c, which prevent the soap from striking against a flat surface, where it would be liable to stick, while between and on either side of the ribs there are apertures d d, which, in conjunction with the apertures I) I), serve to effectually drain the dish.

The back D of the dish is curved upward from either end, and formed with one, two, or three slots, 6 6, but preferably with three of such slots, the idea being to provide a means for suspending the dish from one or two pegs. Ifbut one peg is to be used,the slot 6 is brought into engagement therewith, and if two pegs are to be employed they are placed so as to pass through the slots 6 e. As there may be some little strain on the back D when the dish is suspended from a peg or pegs, I prefer to form the back with strengtheningribs ff, although such ribs are not an essential feature of the invention. Projecting from the bottom of the dish are threelugs, E, F, and G, which at times answer the purpose of legs, in con junction with a fourth lug orleg, H. The parts last named are used as legs when the dish is made to stand on any plain surface, and although I prefer to have the four parts named the leg H is not essential, as the legs E, F, and G might be made somewhat shorter and the forward under edge of the dish made to rest on the plain surface.

When the dish is to be placed 011 the edge of a wash-tub, the lugs E and G are placed inside the circular wall of the tub, while the lug F is outside of such wall, so that the dish will project inward toward the center of the tub, and all drip from the apertures b d will fall in the tub.

Although I prefer to make the dish of castiron, it could be formed from any other proper material.

I am aware that a soap-dish having agrooved bottom and provided with a chamber below the same communicating with the main body of the dish is old, and I am also aware that a dish provided with an inclined bottom having drainopenings at its junction with the rim, and legs on the under side of the same, is likewise old, and I therefore do not claim such inventions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a soap-dish having an inclined bottom, A, and provided with corrugations a and apertures b in the said bottom, ribs 0 and apertures (Z in its front 13, slots 6 in its back 0, and legs projecting from the under surface of the bottom,

as specified.

GEORGE HENRY LAXLON. lVitnesses:

EDWARD KENT, Jr., 0. SEnewIeK. 

